Black history is going backwards

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows black history is going backwards

poster Writing Backwards
Writing Backwards
(2.9/5)
1mn -
FĂ©licien Trewey performs a trick by writing backwards the words "Ladies and gentlemen, my grateful thanks" on a board.
poster By Right of Birth
By Right of Birth
4mn - Drama
Based on a story told by George Johnson, featuring Booker T. Washington. Only four minutes survive.
poster St. Louis Blues
St. Louis Blues
16mn - Music, Drama
In this all-black cast short, legendary blues singer Bessie Smith finds her gambler lover Jimmy messin' with a pretty, younger woman; he leaves and she sings the blues, with chorus and dancers.
poster Something Good — Negro Kiss
Something Good — Negro Kiss
1mn - Romance
Earliest known example of African American intimacy on screen.
poster Way Back When Women Had Their Weigh
Way Back When Women Had Their Weigh
(2.6/5)
6mn - Animation
A comic look at prehistoric life.
poster Girl on a Chain Gang
Girl on a Chain Gang
96mn - Drama
Three young travelers driving through the Deep South encounter corrupt police who frame them on false charges, subjecting them to a brutal ordeal of racial hatred and systematic abuse that exposes the dar…
poster Hysterical History
Hysterical History
7mn - Animation
An amusing look at American history, starting with Columbus' discovery of America, and touching on the formation of the original thirteen states, the Gold Rush, and several other important events. The car…
poster Music, Forward!
Music, Forward!
3mn - Fantasy, Comedy
“Music Forward!” is the order given by a lady in Colonial costume, and in march a group of five musicians, working industriously at their instruments. The directress stands them in a row, and taking the h…
poster Take Back the Knife
Take Back the Knife
80mn - Horror
Three survivors are stalked by someone connected to their past. This time they're ready for a fight.
poster The Joe Louis Story
The Joe Louis Story
(2.9/5)
88mn - Drama
From the poverty of Alabama sharecropping to the heavyweight championship of the world, Joe Louis battles both devastating opponents in the ring and crushing racism outside it, becoming an American icon w…
poster What's the World Coming To?
What's the World Coming To?
21mn - Comedy
Short comedy which posits that in a hundred years men's styles will revert to Regency garb, and that there will be a complete gender role reversal, with husband Clyde Cook staying home alone while wife Ka…
poster Buffalo Dance
Buffalo Dance
1mn - Documentary, Western
Long before Hollywood started painting white men red and dressing them as 'Injuns' Edison's company was using the genuine article! Featuring for what is believed to be the Native Americans first appearanc…
poster Making an American Citizen
Making an American Citizen
(2.7/5)
11mn - Drama
A recent immigrant learns several hard lessons about how husbands in America are expected to behave.
poster Way Back When a Nag Was Only a Horse
Way Back When a Nag Was Only a Horse
6mn - Animation, Comedy
A comic look at prehistoric life.
poster A Fight for Jenny
A Fight for Jenny
(3.2/5)
95mn - Drama, Short
When Kelsey remarries, her struggle to get custody of her daughter from her first marriage is complicated by her current husband being black.
poster Black Circle
Black Circle
102mn - Mystery, Horror
Two sisters discover a mysterious vinyl record from the 1970s that promises self-improvement but unleashes terrifying doppelgangers of anyone who listens to it. As these evil doubles grow stronger each da…
poster A Tale of Two Worlds
A Tale of Two Worlds
(2.9/5)
70mn - Drama
A white child is adopted and raised by a Chinese citizen and brought to San Francisco, where no one surmises that she is actually not Chinese.
poster The Klansman
The Klansman
(2.6/5)
112mn - Crime, Drama, Thriller
A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young white woman has been raped by a black man. When young black man Garth witnesses the Ku Klux Klan's violent retaliation against his innocent…
poster America
America
(3.2/5)
141mn - Drama, History, Action
The story of a family caught up in the American Revolutionary War.
poster Orwell Rolls in His Grave
Orwell Rolls in His Grave
(4/5)
84mn - Documentary
Has America entered an Orwellian world of doublespeak where outright lies can pass for truth? The country's leading intellectuals discuss and examine the mix of businesses, politics and ideology that is t…
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